Business & Hospitality Articles

WPSU Radio recently visited Pennsylvania College of Technology's Le Jeune Chef Restaurant to interview faculty, staff, students and restaurant guests. Emily Wiley, a producer for the University Park-based public radio station and a writer for WPSU's "Local Food Journey" blog, conducted interviews on Sept. 9 with School of Hospitality dean Fred Becker, instructors Monica J. Lanczak and Michael J.

Pennsylvania College of Technology's fine-dining learning lab for students in the School of Hospitality Le Jeune Chef Restaurant has made changes to its offerings to help keep the students who learn there on the leading edge of culinary trends.

Members of a family well-known in the Williamsport area business community have established another scholarship fund at Pennsylvania College of Technology. George E. and Patricia B. Girio and Joseph T. and Cheryl B. Girio recently established the Girio Family Scholarship Fund at Penn College.

Two Pennsylvania College of Technology students were selected to attend the National Restaurant Association's Salute to Excellence in Chicago on May 22. The event kicks off the National Restaurant Association's annual Restaurant, Hotel-Motel Show. Penn College students Rachel M. Emmons, of Washington, N.J., and Hannah E.

Distinguished Teaching Awards – including the Veronica M. Muzic Master Teacher Award, the highest level of recognition for faculty – were presented by Pennsylvania College of Technology during commencement ceremonies held May 14-15 at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport. Dennis F. Ringling, professor of forestry in the School of Natural Resources Management, was honored with the Veronica M.

Thirty-six Pennsylvania College of Technology students were hired to help cook for the thousands of spectators who converged on Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on May 1 for the 2010 running of the Kentucky Derby. Accompanied by chefs Paul Mach, assistant professor of hospitality management/culinary arts, and Charles R.

In an unprecedented measure of the institution's success in an international business-simulation competition, three teams of Pennsylvania College of Technology students recently finished in the Top 100. "There are 4,155 teams competing on a worldwide basis, (and) we had three teams in the top 100!" said Gerald D. "Chip" Baumgardner, associate professor of business administration.

Representatives of Penn College's School of Hospitality again helped at Sunday's spirited Iron Chef competition, which raised about $6,000 for the Family Promise network of local churches that feed and house the homeless. Serving as judges for the second annual event modeled after a Food Network series and held at St. Mark's Lutheran Church along Market Street were Robert A.

"Mushrooms: Fun to Forage, Fun to Eat" fed a knowledge-hungry audience in the Madigan Library's second-floor reading loft Thursday afternoon. In his hourlong Library Forum, Chef Frank M.

Beginning in May, Pennsylvania College of Technology will offer a series of cooking demonstrations to the public. The Creative Cuisine Series features six sessions presented by faculty and professional staff in the college's School of Hospitality. Sessions begin with a demonstration of each menu item, after which the items will be served to participants, who will take home the recipes.